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Man cleared in a 1996 Brooklyn killing said for decades he knew who did it. Prosecutors now agree

A man who served 14 years in prison for a deadly 1990s shooting was exonerated Thursday after prosecutors said they now believe the killer was an acquaintance he has implicated for decades.

“I lost 14 years of my life for a crime that I didn’t commit,” Steven Ruffin told a Brooklyn judge after sighing with emotion.

Although Ruffin was paroled in 2010 and has since built a career in sanitation in Georgia, he said that getting his manslaughter conviction dismissed and his name cleared “will help me move on.”

FlyingSquid ,
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I can’t help but notice a similarity between most of these people cleared of murder after serving many years of prison… it’s weird, but they all seem to have similar skin tones. Weird, right?

JJROKCZ ,

A lot of them seem to die not long after getting out as well

NABDad ,

That can be said about many people who get out of prison. Health conditions that get diagnosed and treated in the outside tend to get ignored inside.

JustZ ,
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Lots of old buildings, with water and mold problems, asbestos, and lead. Not to mention the near constant state of fight or flight. You might think it’s gang members with shivs, but the real silent killer in prison is stress.

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